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Judges have been cautioned to be mindful of their choice of diction and the kind of report they document when putting together their written judgements on cases of public interest. Last year�s election nearly tore the nation apart when the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) literally fought over the results which were announced by the Electoral Commission (EC). Three leading members of the NPP; Nana Akufo Addo, Jake Obestebi-Lamptey and Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia took the matter to the Supreme Court to seek justice. Nine judges were empanelled to adjudicate the case and although the case has ended on an agreeable note, a public interest lawyer has started fishing out the mistakes the judges made. Dr. Maurice Ampaw, has categorically stated that majority of the judges who sat on the case, handled the petitioners in an impolite manner and made them feel like �fraudsters�. According to him, after carefully reading the final judgment of the judges, he identified several intemperate languages used in writing their final ruling.